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Ideas to build a federated StackExchange alternative ( ioc.exchange )

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15471632...

Pdf partee ( mander.xyz )

cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/12815136...

Instagram locked my account and forced me to appeal and send a picture of my face, so I sent a picture of Shrek. They deleted my account

I've been a social media hermit for the past 3 years but recently I've given up and created a few accounts across different apps again. It's unreal how strict the requirements are now....

Friday Facts #410 - Rocket turret & Target priorities | Factorio ( factorio.com )

The Linux Experiment - Linux kernel variants explained: Zen, Xanmod, TKG, RealTime, Liquorix... ( tilvids.com )

After Buying Up Studios, Xbox Says It Doesn't Have The Resources To Run Them ( kotaku.com )

Disk imaging

What are we doing for disk imaging theses days?

Microsoft's payment to Bobby Kotick would cover the salaries of Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin employees for over 17 years.

FYI, the article is in Spanish: https://www.hobbyconsolas.com/noticias/desarrollador-summerfall-studios-carga-bobby-kotick-1385082

Cool distros to try

I'm pretty comftable with linux mint right now but i want to peruse the wares so to speak, what are some cool or interesting distros that do things differently than mint?...

Unlocking the power of Fedora CoreOS - Fedora Magazine ( fedoramagazine.org )

Bumble Founder Shares Odd Future of Dating: Your AI Dates My AI ( gizmodo.com )

How to detect problems on computer?

My server (fedora) stops all podman containers after 2-3 hours since 3 days. I can start all containers again, and the same happens after a while. I do not know where to look for the problem....

Has Generative AI Already Peaked? - Computerphile ( www.youtube.com )

224 Injured After Glitchy Diabetes App Drains Insulin Pump Batteries ( gizmodo.com )

addressing misconceptions about the recent TunnelVision vulnerability

I've been seeing a lot of confusion around the TunnelVision vulnerability. While I'm no expert, I've done a fair share of research and I'll edit this post with corrections if needed. The goal of this post is to answer the question: does this affect me?...

Why DEL is at the end of ASCII (I have a theory! -- well, maybe?)

So we have all these control characters in ASCII and besides newline, horizontal tab and carriage return (on Windows) the only use for them is on terminal emulators (which I am making one!) Also as an extension, us NeoVim/Vim users have extensive use for them....

What happened with the sphinx though? ( aussie.zone )

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A definitive list of woke and non-woke foods ( thespinoff.co.nz )

In announcing changes to the school lunches programme, David Seymour said kids would no longer be served ‘woke’ foods. To clear up any confusion, The Spinoff has compiled a guide to the wokeness levels of some common food items.

gluetun VPN health check fails after a few hours

My gluetun VPN keeps failing the health check after running for a few hours. I found that some had fixed this by changing the update period to a shorter interval, and this worked for a while for me as well. But for the last 24h or so, it keeps failing after a few hours....

Conservative author Ann Coulter heaps praise on GOP rising star Vivek Ramaswamy - then tells him she wouldn't vote for him because he's Indian ( www.dailymail.co.uk )

Does anyone know of a FOSS Firewall for Windows

I currently use TinyWall Firewall, it works very well, it's small/portable, no complaints I even donated to the Dev but I would really prefer open source, also it needs to be user friendly like TinyWall so my non-tech family members can/will use it like they do with TinyWall.